Managing Uplink Adapters

You can manage uplink adapters, which represent the physical NICs that connect the ESXi host to the network by using the esxcli network nic command. You can also use esxcli network vswitch to link and unlink the uplink.

You can use esxcli network nic to list all uplinks, to list information, to set attributes, and to bring a specified uplink down or up.